Lender who used Astor family name is charged with fraud

Vladimir Sklarov, who operated under several identities, offered loans to company founders who had wealth locked up in stock.

‘That Was a Complete Lie’: Financier Charged With Faking Astor Family Ties to Steal $450 Million

Federal prosecutors claim Vladimir Sklarov used the Astor name to gain the trust of a Mexican billionaire—then liquidated ...

Man charged in US with stealing $450 million from Mexican billionaire in loan scheme

A man with multiple aliases used the name of the famed Astor family to dupe a Mexican billionaire out of around $450 million ...

Man accused of using famous family's name to steal $450m from Mexican billionaire

A man has been charged with scamming a Mexican billionaire out of around $450m (£331m) after pretending to be linked to New ...
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Billionaire's regret after handing descendant of Gilded Age's Astor family $450m, prosecutors allege

Ricardo Salinas Pliego was looking to invest in bitcoin, and he set about borrowing hundreds of millions of dollars from ...
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Crumbling relic of Astor family’s Gilded Age estate costs less than $1 million

The three-bedroom relic is on the market for US$525,000 ($728,974), with the listing explaining it is less a move-in-ready ...
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Inside the Astor family, one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age dynasties whose descendants are friends with British royals

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Jacob Astor built his fortune in the fur business and New York real estate. John Jacob Astor III and William Backhouse Astor ...
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Book Review: ‘Astor’ is a primer on the rise and fall one of America’s richest families

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s hard to escape the name Astor when you are in New York: from Astor Place downtown to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and even the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, the family’s legacy is ...